Small French hatchbacks have always had a knack for punching well above their weight, thumbing their noses at bigger cars while delivering driving joy on a shoestring budget. When Renault resurrected the 5 as a retro-futuristic electric runabout, it felt like someone had finally cracked the code for modern urban motoring. But instead of basking in a flood of design… Read more…

Today, Waymo has announced that it is now “laying the groundwork” for its fully autonomous driverless ride-hailing service in Munich, Germany, “one of the world’s premier hubs for automotive engineering and urban mobility”. “In the coming weeks”, Waymo cars will appear on the streets of Munich. Waymo is taking a “rigorous, phased approach” to its rollout, that starts with manual… Read more…

According to a Dataforce analysis of newly registered vehicles in the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and the UK, 25% of all cars sold in July were EVs. In the first seven months of 2026, EV sales were up 37% compared to the same period last year. The most obvious reason why Europeans are flocking to battery-powered vehicles is gas prices.… Read more…

There is a very specific type of arrogance that infects tech executives the moment they master the art of spinning a brushless electric motor. The internal logic seems very simple: if you can make a cordless vacuum cleaner that eats dust bunnies with ruthless efficiency, how hard could it possibly be to build a road-going hypercar? As it turns out,… Read more…